This is a pretty short (and poorly styled) blog post that just links a much deeper dive, the latter of which should IMHO be where this submission links:
I like the functional design. It renders quite fast and it is really legible. We really should go back to the age of readability, our attention spans would be grateful.
I disagree. Good line spacing, comfortable page width (doesn't take up the full width of my monitor), clean & concise, no 'junk' surrounding the content. I'm not sure I see where you're coming from
Thanks, I wasn't sure if the parent comment referred to my writing or the blog design. The latter we try to keep as minimal as possible, with no JS (Except a tiny non-Google analytics snippet), ads, external fonts or other garbage on the page.
As another reply mentioned, it does not specify any particular font, so the choice of an ugly font is in fact yours. It looks pretty (to me) on my computer...
I explained why that’s not correct in a reply that was present at the time you made that comment. The fact that it’s monospace is due to CSS; whatever font family my browser picks, it will have to meet that criterion.
“Ugly” relative to the “not trying to signal” crowd, yes. The vast majority of websites don’t use monospace, and publishers in any medium try to move away from it as soon as it’s technically possible.
I like it and don't think it's ugly. If you don't like it then disable custom fonts in your browser so you don't have to see other people's "ugly" preferences.
That doesn't work; the problem is not that it specifies a font but that the CSS specifies "font-family: monospace"; I just verified that setting gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled = false doesn't change anything. (Deleting that from the CSS works, as does using Reader Mode.)
But regardless, deliberately setting prose to be monospace is a poor styling choice, and it probably is a choice because that's usually to give the typewriter aesthetic.
Ah, yeah good point. Haha, for the worst hack ever you could override the font the browser users for monospaced font, at least in Firefox[0]. Obviously that breaks other legitimate uses of monospaced fonts. As for it being a poor styling choice, we'll just have to agree to disagree. :)
I actually prefer monospace, even for reading, so I wouldn't suggest it's just a matter of wanting to seem "quirky". I understand the frustration with disliking the font/style someone uses, but people have different preferences. (I could, for example, mention the preference for dark/light mode, or high/low-contrast.)
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/airpods-pro-rattlegate....